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''Now I can watch'' [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]] ''from thirty blocks away''|'''[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]''', "[[Trope Namer|Frank's 2000" TV]]"}}
Frank's 2000" TV. Still a relatively uncommon sight, but starting to gain in popularity as larger and larger screens are possible. This is really little more than a giant television, usually on the side of a building. There's one in Times Square in New York, at least one in Tokyo, and often their slightly smaller cousins are present in [[Elaborate Underground Base
Often used for advertising in the sort of Dystopian future that has a lot of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive
In [[Real Life]] a 2000" TV would be about 80 feet (24.1 meters) high, assuming a 16:9 aspect ratio; the older 4:3 ratio would make it 100 feet (30.5 meters) high.
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* The [[Private Military Contractors|SeeDs]] interrupting a national broadcast and blowing their cover on one of these kicks off most of the plot of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]].''
* ''[[Syndicate|Syndicate Wars]]'' features several billboard-size videoscreens showing ads as well as a digital drive-through theatre.
* You can potentially win
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** [http://i.imgur.com/YdsAV.jpg This picture] from Ukraine shows the surreal consequence of such a device breaking down at night: a giant Windows error message floating in midair.
* [[wikipedia:File:Picadilly circus in london.jpg|Piccadilly Circus]] in London has multiple neon and video signs covering an entire street.
* The [http://www.mahoningdrivein.net/ Mahoning Drive-In Theatre] has a 120
* They are building the [http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/charlotte-motor-speedway-to-get-worlds-largest-hd-video-board-2010-09-24/ world's largest HD video board] ([[Up to Eleven|EVEN BIGGER THAN THE SCREEN AT THE DALLAS COWBOYS STADIUM]]) at Charlotte Motor Speedway. They say it will be finished in May 2011.
** At 200 by 80 feet, it will be a 2584" TV.
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